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Literary Items

This column contains notes on current and forthcoming publications as well as updates on the news and gossip surrounding prominent literary, musical, and public figures. Of note in this column is the announcement of the commission of an Australian "Fauna" to be undertaken by Mr. Bentham, a note on the literary club composed of regular contributors to the Atlantic Monthly, a discussion of Lamartine's finances, the death of Robert Owen, the announcement of the celebration of the Burns Centenary at the London Crystal Palace, a discussion of the recent number of literary, musical, and political journals that have begun to be published, and an extended discussion of Enniger's Illustrations of "Miles Standish."

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